Improved cttrtain-fixtttre



('Bffimg JACOB B. BAILEY, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

'Letters Patent No. 87,234, dated Februa/ry 23, 1869.

IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

*40,-- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name.

Toy all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that 1 J AcoB B. BAILEY, of the city and State of New York, haveinvented, made, and applied to use, a certain new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specication, wherein- Figure 1 is a section ot the curtain-roller and my improved end-fixture.

Figure 2 is a View of the roller-end, at the side that receives the roller. v

Figure 3 is a side view, and

Figure 4 is an end view of the annular wedge, employed for securing the roller to the end-piece.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Diiculty has heretofore been experienced in securing the metal end upon the curtain-roller. The most usual manner has been to employ nails, but these work loose, break, or become entangled in the bracket that holds up the curtain-iixture.

The nature of my said invention consists in an annularwedge, combined with the cavity of the roller- Iend, so that the roller, when driven home'to its place,

shall be spread Within the cavity of the metal end, and thereby held securely in place.

In the drawinga represents the ,metal roller-end, formed with the axis 2, groove 3, for the cord, and cavity for receiving the end of the roller b.

c is the annular wedge, that isset into the cavity` of the roller-end a, and then the said'roller'b is driven into said cavity upon said Wedge7 so that the roller is spread and rmly held within said metal roller-end.

As an additional security to prevent the parts becoming loose under severe strain, I make the cavity in the. metal end-piece a larger at its inner end, or dovetailed, as seen at 5, and provide spurs, or project-- ing plates, at 6 6, to prevent the parts turning, by entering the wood.

Thering c might be driven up if the parts become loose, any metal punch being entered through the holes 7, against the wedge-shaped ring c.

The edge of the cavity in the metal end a may be slightly rounding, as at 8, to compress the wooden roller as driven in.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The annular wedge c, in combination with the metal roller-end, containing a cavity for said roller, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The metallic roller-end, formed with the axis 2, and with the cavity 5, that is larger at its inner end, into Whichthe wooden roller is to be introduced, and held by spreading the Wood, substantially as set forth.

Dated, this 16th day of' January, 1869.

J. B. BAILEY. Witnesses:

CHAs. H. SMITH, Geo. T. PINCKNEY. 

